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Funding Opportunities

Information on funding opportunities will appear on this page. Useful information and help on sources of funding for innovation and R&D is also available on the Business Link website here

Additionally, Research Councils UK has useful information available on Kowledge Transfer funding on its website here

NERC Follow on fund

Application deadlines:  Follow on Pathfinder - apply anytime.   Follow on Fund - Closed

This is a 'proof of concept' fund to support the commercialisation of ideas arising from research funded by:

  • Natural Environment Research Council
  • Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council
  • Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
  • Science & Technology Facilities Council

For Further information visit the NERC website here

BBSRC Follow on Fund

Application deadline 24 June 2010

This funding for Proof of Concept at the very early stage of turning research outputs into a commercial proposition.

It funds work to convert an idea into a robust business plan where a route to commercialisation is clear, for example a spin-out (seed or venture finance or licensing opportunity).

For further information including how to apply visit the BBSRC website here  

Science & Technology Facilities Council - Knowledge Exchange Follow on Fund

Application deadline 4:00pm 13 April 2010

  • aims to support the commercialisation of reasearch ideas
  • provides funds to enable these ideas to be brought to a stage where commercial opportunities can be secured
  • Is supported by NERC, BBSRC, EPSRC and the Science & Technologies Facilities Council

For further information visit the STFC website here

NERC Technology Proof of Concept Programme

Expressions of Interest closing date: Closed

Full proposal closing date: Closed

NERC Research programme that will support the development of new and innovative technologies for environmental science

For further details visit the NERC website here

NERC Knowledge Exchange call

Application deadline: 26 May 2010

The NERC KE Call helps enable sharing and flow of knowledge, people skills and expertise between the UK's research base and the user community (public and private organisations).  The call is fexible to meet the many types of knowledge flow.  The types of activities covered include, but are not limited to:

  • Special data management;
  • Formation of networks;
  • Emplyment of KE translators or facilitators;
  • Special publications;
  • Workshops;
  • Training for industry or the public sector;
  • Secondments, fellowships or interchanges;

For further information visit the NERC website here

Energy Technologies Institute

Information on low carbon energy technology accelerator proposal calls are available on the ETI web site here

Royal Society Enterprise fund

The Royal Society has launched its venture philanthropy fund to back start up ideas based on physical sciences and engineering.  For further information on the fund vist the Royal Society website here

For Royal Society press release on Enterprise Fund visit here

Rainbow Seed Fund

For information on public sector research venture capital investment visit the RSF website here 

South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA)- Grant for R&D

This business support initiative provides funding to help individuals and small and medium-sized business research and develop technologically innovative products and processes.

SWRDA will be looking to support and is currently supporting four types of projects:

  1. Micro projects are small scale development projects
  2. Research projects which typically involve planned research or critical investigation into the feasibility of new products or processes
  3. Development projects involve the shaping of industrial research into a plan or design
  4. Exceptional projects that will have a major effect on the performanceof UK industry

SWRDA is operating a rolling programme so that applications can be shifted at any time.

For further details visit the SWRDA website here  

BBSRC Industrial Partnership Awards

Application deadline: Apply anytime

Science led responsive mode grants where an industrial partner contributes cash (not 'in-kind') at least 10% of the full economic cost of the project

The BBSRC funding covers the remainder of of the cost (at 80% of the FEC rate).  For example, for an Industrial Partnership Award (IPA) costed at £350k (including the element supported by industry), industry should contribute a minimum of £35k in cash, with BBSRC contributing 80% of the remaining £315k i.e. £252k

For further details including how to apply visit the BBSRC website here

Innovative Medicines Initiative

The Innovative medicines initiative is a unique Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between the pharmaceutical industry represented by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations(EFPIA) and the European Communities represented by the European Commission.  The IMI has made a funding call in 2008 based on scientific priorities which include:

Expert systems for silico toxicity prediction:

In Vivo studies often unveil side effects of drugs which cannot presently be predicted from the chemistry of the molecule.  Early in silico prediction of such cases would increase the quality of drug candidates. Projects will build up predictive expert systems for secondary pharmacology ("off-target toxicity") pediction.

For further details visit the IMI website here

South West Angel Investors Network (SWAIN)

The South West Angel and Investor Network (SWAIN) connects private investors, or 'Business Angels', with companies looking for investment. SWAIN specialises in helping small and medium sized companies to find equity finance, and assists private investors in the South West to search for investment opportunities in businesses with growth potential. SWAIN operates throughout the South West region incorporating the counties of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, former-Avon, Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.

For further details visit the SWAIN website here

 

The Wellcome Trust - Seeding Drug Discovery

This five year, £91 million initiative aims to develop drug-like small molecules that will be the spring board for further research and development by the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry in areas of unmet medical need.

For further information visit the Wellcome Trust website here

Carbon Trust - Technology Accelerator

The Carbon Trust Technology Accelerator is a UK Environmental Transformation Fund (administered by Defra and BERR).  The prupose of this scheme is to accelerate the commercialisation of low carbon energy (including marine) and energy efficiency technologies in the UK.

For more information on the fund and how to apply visit the Carbon Trust website here

Low Carbon Accelerator - Venture Capital Investor

For more information including how to apply for LCA funding visit the LCA website here

Health related including Biomedical

Information on funding opportunities relating to health including biomedical is available on the RDFunding website here